Early career

Nicholls made his TV debut in 1989, at the age of 10, in Children's Ward. In 1994 he appeared in the BBC children's drama Earthfasts and The Biz, a teenage performing arts drama filmed at Hampton Court.

Nicholls character of Joe Wicks in BBC's EastEnders earned him national attention. He made his first appearance in the series in February 1996, he left the series in September 1997.

In his late teenage years he appeared in many popular culture magazines including Attitude, BIG!, Bliss, Gay Times, Heat, Just Seventeen, Live & Kicking, MIZZ, My Guy, Now, OK, Radio Times, Shout, Sky International, Sky magazine, Smash Hits, Sneak, Sugar, TV Hits, TV Times, and What's on TV.

Nicholls appeared in several teenage stage roles, notably as Aladdin in Aladdin - Genie of the Ring at the Central Theatre in Chatham (1996/97) and as Billy Fisher in the 1998 production of Billy Liar at the Bush Theatre in Shepherd's Bush.

Later career

Nicholls played PC Terry Sydenham in the police series City Central from 1998 to 1999; and also in 1999 played Christ in the 3-part BBC contemporary Easter production of The Passion. His West End debut was in 2000 as Edmund Tyrone in Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night at the Lyric. Other London stage appearances include Mrs Steinberg and the Byker Boy at the Bush Theatre (2000).

Nicholls' film appearances include World War I drama The Trench in 1999. In 2001 he played Charlie in Goodbye Charlie Bright. He went back to the stage in 2002 playing Vincent in Brixton at the Royal National Theatre. In 2003 he appeared in the BBC adaptations of The Canterbury Tales (The Wife of Bath). He also appeared in the final episode in series 3 of Hustle. He appeared in the 2004 6-part BBC miniseries Gunpowder, Treason & Plot and in Festen in 2005.

Other roles include If Only and a cameo role in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. He appeared briefly as a street boxer in Nick Love's 1999 short film Love Story.

In July 2007, he played the part of Terry in Channel 4's Clapham Junction. This drama depicted 36 hours in the life of several gay men and was filmed to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the legalization of homosexuality in England and Wales. Also in 2007 he played Connor Gruff in the 'Billy Goat' episode of the BBC series Fairy Tales.

Nicholls' 2008 career began as the character Robert Fielding in Harley Street alongside Suranne Jones. He also played Harry Keegan in Secret Diary of a Call Girl alongside Billie Piper, Judas in another BBC Easter series entitled The Passion, and appeared in A Thing Called Love.

He appears in the 2012 UK feature film Life Just Is opposite Jayne Wisener.

Nicholls also appeared as Simon Marshall in BBC1's hospital drama serial Holby City between May and July 2012, and played Cal Beckett in Channel 4's new crime thriller, The Fear. He played the role of DS Sam Casey in ITV's Law & Order: UK until the end of series 7 in 2013.

Personal life

Nicholls married his girlfriend Chantal Brown in 2008 at Hampstead, north London.

Nicholls is a supporter of Bolton Wanderers Football Club and his interests include skateboarding, kickboxing, basketball and surfing in Newquay, Cornwall.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1999	The Trench	Pte. Billy Macfarlane
	The Clandestine Marriage	Richard Lovewell
2000	Self Help	Greene	Short Film
2001	Goodbye Charlie Bright	Charlie Bright
2002	High Speed	Ruben	Also known as The Ride and Joy-Rider
2004	If Only	Ian Wyndham
	Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason	Jed
2008	Daylight Robbery	Chubby
	Faintheart	Gary
2012	Life Just Is	Bobby

Television

Year	Show	Role	Notes
1989	Children's Ward
1994	Earthfasts	David	Series regular
1995	The Biz	Tim Marshall	Series regular
1996	Out of the Blue	Matt Pearson	1 episode: 2.1
1996-1997	EastEnders	Joe Wicks	Series regular
1998-1999	City Central	PC Terry Sydenham	Series regular
1999	Love Story	Seth
	The Passion	Daniel
2001	Table 12	Ol	1 episode: "Settling Up"
	Gimme Gimme Gimme	Himself	Comic Relief Special
2003	The Canterbury Tales	Jerome	1 episode: "The Wife of Bath"
	Blue Dove	Nick Weston	8 part series
2004	Gunpowder, Treason & Plot	Lord Darnley	2 part mini-series
	A Thing Called Love	Gary Scant	6 part series
2006	Hustle	Adam Rice	1 episode: "Law and Corruption"
2007	Agatha Christie's Marple	Ted Latimer	1 episode: "Towards Zero"
	Clapham Junction	Terry	Television film
2008	Fairy Tales	Connor Gruff	1 episode: "Billy Goat"
	The Passion	Judas	4 part series
	Bonekickers	James	1 episode: "Army of God"
	Harley Street	Dr. Robert Fielding	6 part series
2011	Secret Diary of a Call Girl	Harry	3 episodes
	Candy Cabs	Tony	3 part series
2012-2013	Law & Order: UK	DS Sam Casey	Series Regular
2012	Midsomer Murders	Dave Foxely	1 episode: "The Rare Bird"
	Holby City	Simon Marshall	Recurring
	Lake Placid: The Final Chapter	Max Loflin	Television film
	The Fear	Cal Beckett	Recurring
2013	Great Night Out	Scott	1 episode
2015	The C-Word (TV Movie)	Pete Lynch
2016	Death in Paradise	Jay Croker	Episode 5.3
	Grantchester	Reggie Lawson	Episode 2.4
	In the Club	Nathan Parker	Series Regular

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